Provide opportunities for local web professionals to meet and share their creative work, expertise and knowledge. As well as introduce new methods of creating and managing websites for multiple clients. Web designers and Platform architects, UI gurus and Usability fanatics, CSS evangelists and jQuery iunkies, SEO and Search Engine Marketing masters, Entrepreneurs and Idea people with a focus on the web... are all welcome!

Interest in the semantic web/semantic technologies is growing in the Philadelphia area! Folks from the Philadelphia suburbs to mid-New Jersey have been looking for something a little closer than New York and D.C. This group will meet in and around Philadelphia to talk about ontologies, linked data, NLP, AI, and other topics of interest. Please join if you are a practitioner or interested in the semantic web, semantic technologies or Web3.0.

Join us and meet other SproutCore and JavaScript developers to share knowledge, review the state of the art, and dream up new applications. SproutCore is an HTML5 application framework for building responsive, desktop-caliber apps in any modern web browser, without plugins. SproutCore works by doing the only thing that can truly eliminate the latency problem: it moves your business logic to the client. SproutCore applications are full-fledged programs, written in JavaScript. That JavaScript e …

The recent wave of interest in semantic technology has led to the growing popularity of Semantic Meetups in US and around the world. The purpose of local Meetup is to provide a forum for newcomers to learn about the foundational technologies of the Semantic Web [] and for the well versed to keep up on industry trends and share their experiences.  Discuss topics will cover a broad range of subject matter that includes OWL, RDF, SPARQL, RIF, Open Linked data, semantics in the enterprise, rules, in …

Meet others interested in all aspects of web technology. Gather to discuss development, standards, networks, new web technologies, graphic design, databases, and tools of the trade such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Premiere and Soundbooth. Open to anyone interested in learning more about web technology!

The Philly 'burbs WordPress Meetup bridges the gap between designers and developers building WordPress sites and writers, bloggers and marketers who use them on a daily basis. We focus on both design and development considerations (tips, techniques and hacks) as well as user concerns like expanded functionality and best practices. The conversation is all about WordPress. We aim to create an atmosphere of sharing and collaboration, where each side of the conversation can contribute to insightful …

Meet and learn from other PHP Developers in the Baltimore area! Come to a PHP Meetup to exchange ideas, talk about code, architecture, innovation, and open source technologies and projects in general. Anyone interested in PHP or it's surrounding technologies is welcome! We meet on the Third Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm! Find us online: Website: http://www.baltimorephp.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=153308396924&ref=ts …

The DC Tech Meetup convenes technologists, entrepreneurs, investors and the broader innovation community regularly to learn and share. Each month, 800+ innovators gather to see demos, launch products and meet their future co-founders, partners and funders.

Meet with a wide variety of new media artists, designers, , programmers, social media consultants, writers, audio/video engineers and theorists. Gather and discuss the the latest on the information revolution!

Stay up-to-date with the latest Ruby and Ruby on Rails happenings. Network with other Ruby developers.

NodeDC meets once a month to talk about node.js For updates, join this group and follow us on Twitter at @NodeDC.

An informal group aiming to expand your knowledge of jQuery, help get you started if you're new to it, or just meet other front end developers. Non-jQuery users are always welcome as we talk about javascript in general as well.   Check out code from our meetups on github! https://github.com/elgreg/jquery_meetups

Meet others interested in all aspects of Web Design and Development. Gather to discuss Development, Standards, Networks, Marketing, New Web Technology, Graphic Design, Databases, Corporate Web, Webmasters, Contract Development, Promotion and Business. We meet once a month and discuss various topics including SEO practices, Design, CSS, PHP, MySQL, coding techniques, and best practices. Some are very skilled in some topics, and completely new to others. Open to anyone interested in learni …

There are a number of really cool, informative graphic design, web design and technology driven groups out there and we wanted to bring the technology together. At the end of the day, a well designed graphic or website is useless without a powerful, stable, secure back-end and the most secure website is boring without a cool design and look. Let's bring the teams together and see how we could work together to create better designers and coders! This group is based on industry standards; new tech …

Refresh Rockville is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in Rockville, Maryland and the surrounding area. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards. We have a special relationship with Montgomery College, who hosts the event, which gives us a regular meeting place and connection with upcoming design and developing professionals.

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